"We Thought It Was Erotic Postcards"

"It was only by chance that the artist-curator David Trullo was working on a temporary installation at Madrid’s National Museum of Decorative Arts on the day in 2017 that a sealed case, unopened for 80 years, arrived from the ministry of finance. With no means of tracing the original owner or their family, it had lain in a bureaucratic and financial limbo until sufficient time had passed for its opening to be legally permissible."

‘We thought it was erotic postcards’: Madrid museum exhibits 1920s couple’s intimate photos
Álbum de Salón y Alcoba showcases posed and private photos of married couple found in case unopened for 80 years

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